Will Georgia indict? May find out tonight! Update: Posted Jan 9 finally indicted Aug 14.

[Jaskalas]

This is completely normal and has been used in thousands of cases nationwide.

See, I thought the prosecutor would be employed and paid regardless of his cases.
So my understanding / assumption was that he did not financially benefit from receiving this case from his lover / boss.
The argument that he did benefit, that they benefit as a couple....

I imagine there is an ethics violation or two. One for relationship. (I don't care about). Two for financial interest. (That could be trouble)
Then, if they stumble and lie about any of it.... the legal system buries them.

 

[Greenman]

Is there any indication of when the judge will rule on this?

 

[Jaskalas]

Again, Willis and her office were kicked off of a J6-related case in mid 2022 and nobody has been assigned to it as of yet. That would be the worst case scenario, if it repeats itself here.

NYT Guest Essay - Why Fani Willis Should Step Aside in the Trump Case in Georgia

CNN: Fani Willis and Nathan Wade need to step aside for the sake of the country

Is it too late for them to do this?

 

[eelw]

Is there any indication of when the judge will rule on this?

Hearing isn’t done yet. There’s one more lawyer that needs to question Willis. And both sides still have a few more witnesses to call.

But seeing Judge MacAfee shut down the arguments the lawyers were trying to use, he won’t need long to make the decision.

 

[gothuevos]

Teflon Don gonna find a way out of this one too

5 revelations from the explosive Fani Willis hearing in Georgia

Tensions exploded Thursday during a frenetic hearing to determine whether Fulton County’s district attorney’s office should be disqualified from continuing its 2020 election interference prosecutio…

thehill.com

 

[Greenman]

If they hand the case to someone else now I think it will actually look worse. There was a whole bunch of posturing in court today, walking away after that looks like she's afraid of losing.

 

[brycejones]

Teflon Don gonna find a way out of this one too

5 revelations from the explosive Fani Willis hearing in Georgia

Tensions exploded Thursday during a frenetic hearing to determine whether Fulton County’s district attorney’s office should be disqualified from continuing its 2020 election interference prosecutio…

thehill.com

Shit your pants after a ruling.

 

[gothuevos]

Shit your pants after a ruling.

We finally got him.

 

[gothuevos]

How sloppy do you have to be...to take on the biggest case of your career...state charges (no pardon), and you jeopardize it all.

As bad as the GOP has been, Dems keep blowing layups to put this game to end.

 

[brycejones]

We finally got him.

I didn’t say that.

 

[manly]

CNN: Fani Willis and Nathan Wade need to step aside for the sake of the country

Is it too late for them to do this?

I don't know but I think it's too late. Judge McAfee will probably rule on the issue within a week?

If Wade wanted to step down, he could have done so at any time. He's just a hired gun after all. And if DA Willis was willing to do so, she would have already done so before defiantly testifying in today's hearing.

Personally I think the chances of McAfee disqualifying her are still under 50% as none of the testimony was especially damning. But the chances are a lot higher than say Trump's attorney Alina Habba ever winning a case in court. Just some of the excuses are silly:
1. Oh we never paid for each other's vacations, I bought the airfare but she just gave me large wads of cash.
2. There was no fraud when I billed 24 hours in one calendar day. That was for several days of work.
(well then why wasn't it billed for those specific days?)

On an unrelated note, recall that 538 thought Trump had a roughly 30% chance of winning the 2016 Presidential election (this was in contrast to many of the other computer models that had Hillary as a virtual lock to win). The reason I mention this is that things with a roughly 1 in 4 chance of happening do happen. And as pointed out in some article, even if this challenge is denied by Judge McAfee, the RICO defendants lawyers will likely appeal which could potentially add weeks or months to the timetable.

 

[HomerJS]

I have yet to see any laws or rules broken by Willis/Wade.

GA even allows married couples to work on the same case. They would both get paid.

The witness that said they started dating in 2019 was vague about her evidence. That witness was a disgruntled employee.

The entire basis of this hearing is Willis financially benefitted and that has not been shown.

BTW - Willis accused lawyer of submitting a lie to the court. The alleged lie is Wade/Willis were co-habituating and there is no evidence of that.

 

[Greenman]

Professional ethics are different than laws. The issue here is if Wade was hired because of his relationship with Willis, and did Willis personally profit from that relationship. The claim is their vacations were all done Dutch treat, but they have no evidence of Wade ever being reimbursed because it was all in cash and he used it for spending money. The money came from a substantial horde that Willis keeps in her home. So she either cashed her pay checks or withdrew that money from the bank, but there doesn't seem to be records of either transaction.
The "disgruntled employee" stating that their relationship started before charges were brought against Trump adds to the poor optics.

It looks shady, and it didn't need to. In an extremely high profile case against a former President of the United States, you have to keep your socks pulled up. Wade and Willis didn't.

 

[eelw]

Oh look greenie repeating the "horde" talking point. Shocked I tell you 🤯

 

[fskimospy]

We finally got him.

Remember when you said this exact same thing only to be proven wrong by your own source less than 24 hours later?

I really think we should have an inverse @gothuevos prediction market. You can make a shitload of money by simply predicting the opposite of whatever this guy does.

 

[hal2kilo]

CNN: Fani Willis and Nathan Wade need to step aside for the sake of the country

Is it too late for them to do this?

F CNN.

 

[you2]

a few comments:
I did not find her testimony compelling. As someone who does a lot of things in cash the idea that she typically carries around $1000-2000 in cash doesnt' really wash.

Having said that prying into her personal business is a rather offensive action and she doesn't have to defend he personal life style as long as it is legal. The defense has to prove actual mis-conduct for her to be removed from the case and so the burden is on them to find the proof.

The larger opics is in normal times her stepping down and someone replacing her would be perfectly fine however these are not normal times and the republicans would love to co-op the case and make it go away which is why i think we won't see her step down voluntarily.

After all in these modern times the republicans have become the party of the moral lawless.

Last but least we have to remember that Wade was not her first choice as prosecutor. If i remember correctly he was actually her third choice as others did not want to deal with the high profile nature of the case and refuse her offer.

 

[eelw]

a few comments:
I did not find her testimony compelling. As someone who does a lot of things in cash the idea that she typically carries around $1000-2000 in cash doesnt' really wash.

Really, you don’t keep cash on hand? I want the government lawyer to ask all the defendant’s lawyer this question. Lets see the sheepish responses.

 

[Brainonska511]

Guys, Republicans really care about ethics in enforcing laws.

Just like gamers really cared about ethics in game journalism.

 

[Brainonska511]

a few comments:
I did not find her testimony compelling. As someone who does a lot of things in cash the idea that she typically carries around $1000-2000 in cash doesnt' really wash.

Maybe some people, for historic reasons, don't trust banks, so they keep a lot of cash on hand.

 

[HomerJS]

When did people on the right suddenly get an interest in ethics?

 

[eelw]

When did people on the right suddenly get an interest in ethics?

Yup Dems need to reverse psychology Repugnicans to get something done.

 

[Greenman]

Maybe some people, for historic reasons, don't trust banks, so they keep a lot of cash on hand.

6 months pay? That's what she said.
At this point, every burglar in the county will be searching for her address.

 

[you2]

Really, you don’t keep cash on hand? I want the government lawyer to ask all the defendant’s lawyer this question. Lets see the sheepish responses.

I know you don't know how to read but what i said is the amount of cash in question not keeping cash. I mean really are you like totally brain dead fart or just an asshole.

 

[hal2kilo]

Really, you don’t keep cash on hand? I want the government lawyer to ask all the defendant’s lawyer this question. Lets see the sheepish responses.

Now that pot is legal, I don't keep as much cash around as I used to. Still have to use cash for the transaction, but I know the hours the shop keeps, dealers, as the song goes...
He's never early, he's always late
First thing you learn is that you always gotta wait
I'm waiting for my man
RIP Lou Reed.